Australian Naval Nuclear Power Safety Act 2024
8BProhibition on certain kinds of construction, etc.
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8B Prohibition on certain kinds of construction, etc.
(1) Nothing in this Act is to be taken to authorise the construction or operation of any of the following: (a) a nuclear fuel fabrication plant; (b) a nuclear power plant; (c) an enrichment plant; (d) a reprocessing facility. (2) Paragraph (1)(b) does not apply to a nuclear power plant (however described) that is related to use in an AUKUS submarine. (3) The Regulator must not issue a licence in respect of the construction or operation of a plant or facility to which subsection (1) applies.